| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |